Category: Kids News

Today is Stick Out Your Tongue Day. The longest human tongue measures 3.97 inches, long enough to hold 5 donuts! Is your tongue long enough, to touch your nose? Treat your tongue to something tasty while it’s out there, because it’s also Raspberry Cake Day. Pick fresh raspberries, to put on top.

If only I could have gotten an “A” on that test! I should have studied harder! It’s Toss Away The “Would Haves” and “Should Haves” Day. Those things are in the past; write them down, then throw them away. Today’s a fresh new day. Then visit a classic car show, to celebrate Woodie Wagon Day.

Today is World Listening Day, the birthday of Raymond Murray Schafer, a composer and environmentalist who founded acoustic ecology. The World Listening Project encourages people to take soundwalks, and observe the sounds around them. Make recordings of birds twittering, subways rumbling underground, waves crashing, or rain falling. Whatever you do today, use your ears.

Today is Tropical Fruit Day. They grow in warm areas of the world. Most people have eaten an orange or banana, but have you ever tried dragonfruit, rambutan, papaya, or guava? How about the super-stinky durian? It’s also Sour Candy Day, so stick to sour pineapple and lemon candy for dessert.

Today is Mandela Day, in honor of Nelson Mandela. The former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner, spent his life fighting racial discrimination and segregation, called apartheid. Mandela was South Africa’s first black president, winning the first democratic election after apartheid ended. He was born on this date, 108 years ago.

An Egyptian basketball player named Alie Wessam, has broken 2 world records. He made the farthest basketball hook shot, from a distance of 82 feet, 10 inches. He followed that by sinking the farthest backwards shot, from 90 feet 6 inches away. Alie grew up watching the Harlem Globetrotters, and their masterful trick shots.

Although the state is known for its juicy peaches, farmers in Georgia lost more than 90% of their crop in 2023 because of a heat wave in February, followed by late-spring frosts. It makes you savor the years when sweet, delicious peaches are abundant. Enjoy some today, for Peach Ice Cream Day.

On this day in 1938, Wrong Way Corrigan took his new plane on a transatlantic flight, from New York to Ireland. Actually, he was supposed to be flying the opposite direction, to California. He claimed his compass wasn’t working, and the clouds prevented him from noticing, he was flying over water instead of land.

In the 1960’s, Princeton University math students Michael Spivak and David Kelly, got obsessed with the number, 17. The prime number, which is a number that can only be divided by itself and 1, is also the sum of the first 4 prime numbers. To celebrate 17, they created Yellow Pig Day, with a 17-toed-and-toothed mascot.

Today is World Emoji Day! If you send a text message, don’t use words. Just use pictures! There are more than 3600 emojis, so take some time to scroll through all the newest ones! If you prefer pictures on your body, it’s also Tattoo Day. Time to plaster your arms with fake tattoos!